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gyroscope
/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəˌskoʊp/
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What does gyroscope mean?
noun
- An apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer, used to help keep aircraft and ships steady.
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/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəˌskoʊp/
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“To ‘gyre’ is to go round and round like a gyroscope. To ‘gimble’ is to make holes like a gimlet.”
GYROSCOPIC BALANCE.--Some advance has been made in the use of the gyroscope for the purpose of giving lateral stability to an aeroplane.
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Gyroscope--A heavy circular wheel revolving at high speed, the effect of which is a tendency to maintain its plane of rotation against disturbing forces.
Furthermore it is stated to be fitted with a small gyroscope in the manner of the torpedo used in the seas, for the purpose of maintaining direction during flight, but upon this point there is considerable divergence of opinion among technicians, the general idea being that the torpedo depends upon an application of the principle of the ordinary rocket rather than upon a small engine such as is fitted to the ordinary torpedo.